10 Most Rebellious Anti-Heroes In WWE History
5. D-Generation X
D-Generation X embodied WWE’s shift to an edgier product in the Monday Night Wars, and their presence played a big role in reviving WWE’s ailing fortunes, and ultimately driving WCW into the dust. Raw, unfiltered and highly subversive, DX were the rudest of the rude, the crudest of the crude and they didn’t care who they offended.
Whether parodying The Nation or invading WCW, their antics stuck a middle finger up to authority and defined them as the Attitude Era’s most lovable group of jerks.
The group became increasingly watered down throughout their various reunions, and Triple H later went-on to embody all he once defied, but few rattled more cages than DX during their original run. They did what they wanted, when they wanted, and cared not for taste or decency: only causing chaos. They were childish and immature, yes, but they were also the antithesis of the clean, cartoon-ish WWE product that led to them fallen behind WCW in the first place, and that’s what made them successful.
D-Generation X revolutionised the concept of the pro-wrestling rebel. They were hugely over with the crowd, and their legacy lives on through crotch chops and catchphrases. Nobody in DX was moralistic or virtuous, but they were exactly what they needed to be.